Meeting transcript August 13, 2016

[10:03] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Thanks for coming to the meeting today!

[10:03] Ellen S Ross Attorney NY State (ellensross): It suddenly occurred to me this morning that I had been hoping to do a CLE presentation in August, and here it is August and I don't have a thing ready

[10:04] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): We are supposed to discuss elections, and don't have a quorum.

[10:04] Ellen S Ross Attorney NY State (ellensross): So it seems.

[10:04] Faye Blackheart: sam and Tim are noticeably absent for that haha

[10:04] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Please know that we have a big electrical storm moving in, so if I disappear, that's likely why. My apologies in advance.

[10:04] Elizabeth (elizabethesq) laughs

[10:05] Ellen S Ross Attorney NY State (ellensross): I'm about to go AFK for a minute to microwave a slice of pizza, BRB

[10:05] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Is there anyone here who would like to be put on the slate and then perhaps in September we can actually hold the elections?

[10:05] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Or would anyone mind retaining their positions for one more round?

[10:06] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Both are something to consider.

[10:06] Connor Kavanagh (mverwey): I do not mind standing for election.

[10:06] Elizabeth (elizabethesq) jumps up and down for joy!

[10:06] Suemoon Magic: ㋡

[10:06] Faye Blackheart: I'm terrible at making meetings, but I do manage to get the financials done, so I'm fine continuing if no one else wants a turn with finances :)

[10:07] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): That's wonderful! Thank you Faye!

[10:07] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Is there a position you would like to run for Connor?

[10:07] Ellen S Ross Attorney NY State (ellensross): back

[10:08] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Does anyone know how many members-at-large are on the board? Is it two, or three?

[10:08] Connor Kavanagh (mverwey): I am new so perhaps just a general position if that is what I would be elected for otherwise I am happy to assist in any position necessary however finance may be best left to the capable Faye.

[10:08] Faye Blackheart: Yeah 3 I just checked

[10:09] Lady Kirsten McLeod (kirstenmcleod) is online.

[10:09] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Faye's financials for the last several months are on the board to my left.

[10:09] Ellen S Ross Attorney NY State (ellensross): Members at large sounds like a fairly safe category, I could go for that - unlike my brief unhappy experience as Treasurer, it probably wouldn't be a disaster :-)

[10:09] Faye Blackheart: Such as they are despite the unfortunately Linden Lab freeze

[10:10] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): And that's all fixed now.

[10:10] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Tim and I wrote the letter to repair that and hopefully that's all ok now.

[10:13] Faye Blackheart: I can fix that too, is the listing controlled by Clarity?

[10:13] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): I can't tell via the listing

[10:14] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): I would assume so, but it does look correct now.

[10:14] Ellen S Ross Attorney NY State (ellensross): OK, I see it, and yes, it is now the Justitia landmark

[10:14] Ellen S Ross Attorney NY State (ellensross): so it did get fixed

[10:14] Ellen S Ross Attorney NY State (ellensross): Yay!

[10:14] Faye Blackheart: It would be on Clarity's login page on the web, it probably is.... ok good

[10:14] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): I checked the map, it's correct.

[10:14] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Yay!

[10:15] Ellen S Ross Attorney NY State (ellensross): All good, I am glad somebody did get that done.

[10:15] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Now we should just update it to say that meetings are on the second Saturday of every month at 10AM SLT!

[10:15] Faye Blackheart: I'm checking her now :)

[10:15] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): We will skip elections - though all those who just spoke up are immortalized in writing - for now, and perhaps discuss future charity concerts?

[10:15] Ellen S Ross Attorney NY State (ellensross): Yes, we do need to work on getting better attendance at meetings. Do we have a Google calendar for SLBA so that people with Google accounts can subscribe to it?

[10:17] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): It is but at the same time, it's a lot of extra things to do and maintain. I know it is on the Ning site as well. I sat down and marked my calendar online for the second saturday of every month to remind myself. LOL.

[10:17] Suemoon Magic: yes, I don't think it is up to date

[10:17] Ellen S Ross Attorney NY State (ellensross): at least outside of organizations that use it internally

[10:20] Ellen S Ross Attorney NY State (ellensross): I remember mentioning that I would update it if I could be given access but I don't think we ever found who had admin privileges on it

[10:20] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): The truth is, we can have a million reminders, but if we don't access them, it still won't work. *laughs* I have the date up here behind me for September's meeting too.

[10:20] Suemoon Magic: Legal Writer?

[10:20] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Not sure. That might be though Suemoon.

[10:20] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Second Saturday of the month at 10 SLT. :-)

[10:26] Connor Kavanagh (mverwey): I shall check it out or message you

[10:27] Ellen S Ross Attorney NY State (ellensross): Thanks, Connor

[10:27] Ellen S Ross Attorney NY State (ellensross): We could place live cats in various positions as judge, attorneys, witnesses etc.

[10:27] Faye Blackheart: haha

[10:27] Ellen S Ross Attorney NY State (ellensross): and the jury box could be filled with the boxes for sale

[10:27] Faye Blackheart: that would be cute

[10:27] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): I am going to reach out to a Service Member's group that I am part of in SL with my alt Christiana, to see how they are making out. I know they struggled for some time, but do a lot with outreach, etc. in terms of Veterans and their families. They only admit veterans to their groups as well. So that's one possibility we discussed.

[10:28] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Does anyone have any other thoughts or possible groups to consider?

[10:29] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): That does sound very cute.

[10:29] Faye Blackheart: not off the top of my head :/

[10:29] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Ok. If anyone finds a group in need like we did last time, please send me a notecard so that we can find out what we can and consider them.

[10:29] Connor Kavanagh (mverwey): I would be in favour of the Veterans idea. I do not know of any other group yet but will look.

[10:30] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Sounds great.

[10:30] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Thank you Connor.

[10:30] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): I can't remember if we settled on a possible date in October for the concert.

[10:30] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): I will send Tim an email to see what is happening with that.

[10:31] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Is that ok with everyone?

[10:31] Suemoon Magic: yes

[10:31] Faye Blackheart: yeah that sounds good

[10:31] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Onto old business....

[10:31] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): or rather New Business..

[10:31] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): and Ellen, just when you thought I forgot you mentioned it earlier...

[10:32] Elizabeth (elizabethesq) giggles

[10:32] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): What if we postpone your presentation until September and then do a breedables presentation so you have some more time to prepare?

[10:33] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Especially since there is some case law out there, and it should be interesting!

[10:35] Ellen S Ross Attorney NY State (ellensross): I would definitely have gone if I hadn't lost track of when it was

[10:36] Faye Blackheart: That's it right there to the right

[10:36] Faye Blackheart: Just on that case

[10:36] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Looks great.

[10:36] Ellen S Ross Attorney NY State (ellensross): That should definitely be included in any future presentation.

[10:36] Faye Blackheart: Amaretto Ranch Breedables v. Ozimals

[10:37] Connor Kavanagh (mverwey): Sorry everyone. I shall be right back. Just need to TP away.

[10:37] Ellen S Ross Attorney NY State (ellensross): I would say let's put it off until at the very least, late September - but more likely October

[10:37] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Would you be willing to work together to do a presentation?

[10:37] Ellen S Ross Attorney NY State (ellensross): If we do a KittyCats auction in connection with a Halloween event, maybe we could do the presentation on the same day

[10:38] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): If we do the concert in October, we probably shouldn't have the presentation the same month.

[10:38] Faye Blackheart: Sure, mine isn't super long....not sure what Ellen's is on or if it would be duplicative, but we can see

[10:38] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Too much all at once, and people won't be able to be around all day / night to do it.

[10:38] Ellen S Ross Attorney NY State (ellensross): Then maybe the auction could be in connection with a different event. For marketing purposes, it would make sense to link them

[10:39] Ellen S Ross Attorney NY State (ellensross): The case is obviously the main focus, so working together with Faye makes the most sense to me

[10:40] Ellen S Ross Attorney NY State (ellensross): I could even see if someone who does a different breedable (like the new fawns) might want to do an auction in connection with the presentation also - for marketing, again, it would draw in the audience we want

[10:40] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): THe speaker series should be separate from an auction. We can certainly advertise the auction / event if that is what gets voted on at the speaker series if we have it before the event.

[10:41] Ellen S Ross Attorney NY State (ellensross): Well, we have had limited attendance for most of our presentations (and I apologize again, Faye, for missing yours since I would definitely have wanted to go)

[10:41] Ellen S Ross Attorney NY State (ellensross): so associating them might help

[10:42] Faye Blackheart: I'd guess around 30 minutes, it's been a long time since I've looked at it

[10:42] Faye Blackheart: maybe less

[10:42] Ellen S Ross Attorney NY State (ellensross): If we just used what you already have, I think we could combine that with a breedables auction and it wouldn't be too much for people

[10:43] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): We have to vote on the auction and if we link it to the benefit, it's different. I think we can advertise to the breeding groups the same way as well.

[10:43] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): We don't have a quorum to do that right now.

[10:43] Geri Kahn (geri.kuhn) is online.

[10:43] Ellen S Ross Attorney NY State (ellensross): Geri just logged in, but even with her, I don't think we have a quorum. So we're just discussing, not voting yeht

[10:43] Ellen S Ross Attorney NY State (ellensross): yet

[10:43] Faye Blackheart: My only concern is it might be boring to people just looking to buy cats, it's a lot of procedure discussion

[10:43] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): I know.

[10:44] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Exactly, and they won't sit through it for an auction either.

[10:44] Faye Blackheart: But I can do it whenever, makes no difference to me

[10:45] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): I think if the talk is about how it impacts breeders on SL instead of focusing on one case procedurally, maybe it will draw more? That's up to you guys though. :-) It's worth a shot. I'm looking at my calendar, and am wondering if you guys would be willing to do so on the 24th of September?

[10:45] Faye Blackheart: That's my birthday :)

[10:46] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): That's the last Saturday of the month and would be before the event we are planning in October.

[10:46] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Oh! Happy birthday! Two days before mine!

[10:46] Ellen S Ross Attorney NY State (ellensross): and we could make it a birthday party for Faye too :-)

[10:56] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Does anyone have anything else that they would like to discuss for new business?

[10:56] Faye Blackheart: I had a side question

[10:56] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Sure!

[10:56] Suemoon Magic: I worked with FrancineWard of the ABA recently

[10:56] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Sounds interesting!

[10:57] Faye Blackheart: Where do we have a list of member dues/accounts. I can't remember when I last paid and I feel like I tend to pay multiple times a year out of forgetfulness lol

[10:57] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): What's your question too Faye?

[10:57] Suemoon Magic: She has a Virtual Worlds IP group that she wanted to bring to SL

[10:57] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): That would be awesome Suemoon!

[10:57] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): I feel the same way Faye.

[10:57] Connor Kavanagh (mverwey): Wow

[10:58] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): I know Tim has been working with people too about that but it keeps falling flat. Have you talked to Tim about who he is in contact with?

[10:58] Suemoon Magic: Tim gave her to me ㋡

[10:58] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): With regard to dues, I think Tim has a list of that too.

[10:58] Elizabeth (elizabethesq) laughs

[10:58] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Gotcha.

[10:58] Faye Blackheart: Ah well, I'll just pay again and chalk up the extra to donations lol

[10:58] Suemoon Magic: Her group has had no shows lately so she has put it off some but I worked with her on making her avatar more professional

[10:58] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): That's awesome

[10:59] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Did she join the SLBA?

[10:59] Suemoon Magic: I think so

[10:59] Suemoon Magic: She talked about renting office space too

[10:59] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): or, more interestingly, would she like to come do a presentation and invite the group to one with regard to the ABA?

[10:59] Suemoon Magic: I brought her here and shoewed her around

[10:59] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): That's awesome! You are great!

[11:00] Suemoon Magic: We shall see

[11:00] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Thank you for doing all that Suemoon! It's nice to get new people interested and coming to Justitia.

[11:00] Suemoon Magic: yes

[11:01] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): If there's anything I can do for you, please let me know.

[11:01] Suemoon Magic: My librarian group at the Community Virtual Library is happy to train new avatars

[11:01] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): That's super! What a nice service to provide.

[11:01] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): Does anyone else have any new business to discuss?

[11:02] Faye Blackheart shakes her head

[11:02] Connor Kavanagh (mverwey): None here thank you

[11:02] Elizabeth (elizabethesq): If not, then I suppose we should be adjourning as it is now 11:00 SLT, and there is coffee/espresso in the room behind you. I hope you have a wonderful day! See you on September 10 at 10 SLT!